Gas Company

(Courtesy Duke Archives) The Durham Gas Company was formed in 1888 by George Watts and Julian Carr, and would later become the Durham Light and Power Company. The Durham Traction Company and Durham Light and Power split the electricity and gas franchises, with L&P taking the gas franchise in 1905. The company built the Gilbert St. plant shortly thereafter, constructing a facility able to hold 40,000 cubic feet of gas.

943-947 East Main, 05.07.07 943-949 East Main appears to have been built in the mid-1920s, replacing earlier frame stores that stood on the site. The tenants varied significantly over the course of the mid 20th century. 1928 945 Edgemont Mercantile Co. 947 Crown Cafe 949 Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company 1933 943 Edward D. Glenn, Grocer 945 Parker's Drug Store 947 William Bros. Grocers

Durham Sun building, 1926 The JR Day house was built during the 1880s, and took up about half the block between Queen and Roxboro Sts. The above is a sketch from 1895 of this large, elaborate house. I haven't located a photograph of the front of the house, but I noticed that a picture that purports to show something else entirely - the explosion of...